Trump impeachment hearing live updates: Hill calls Ukraine campaign a ‘domestic political errand’

Hill’s ‘steely’ testimony captures Ukraine controversy’s sexist undercurrents Updated at 1:04 p.m.Former National Security Council official Fiona Hill, at times self-deprecating and “steely,” as Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough) put it, was given a warm reception by Democrats on the Intelligence panel at the impeachment hearing. And even some of the more aggressive Republican questioners seemed to hold their fire rather than spar with the Russia expert.In her opening statement, Hill noted that her working-class beginnings would’ve been a hindrance in England, but “never set me back in America,” where she became a citizen.Speier’s comment on Hill’s strength came as she asked her about an anecdote, reported by the New York Times, of when a boy, when Hill was 11, set her pigtails on fire in class during an exam. Hill confirmed that she put the flames out with her hands and proceeded to finish her test. Advertisement “Very unfortunate consequences afterwards,” Hill quipped. “My mother gave me a bowl haircut…. I looked like Richard III.”Later, asked by the Republican lawyer about being upset at EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, Hill voiced regret for a “blow-up” at the ambassador, in part because of what she described as commonly sexist responses to women… Read full this story

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